SNAPPISH

snappish. Snappish, a. eager to bite, tart, peevish, cross

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Snap″pish (?), a. 1. 1. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.
2. 2. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
The taunting address of a snappish misanthrope. Jeffrey. — Snap″pish‐ly, adv. — Snap″pish‐ness, n.